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[–]CJLez 11 insightful - 3 fun11 insightful - 2 fun12 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Online I think it is safety in numbers - if everyone around you is chanting TWAW you're going to feel less able to speak out. If everyone around you is saying 'well, I wouldn't date a transman' it is easier to admit that you also wouldn't.

In real life it's a matter of physical safety. The (UK) average male height is 5'9" and female is 5'3". Add on the fact that the average man is always going to be stronger than a similarly average woman and that it is illegal for women to carry weapons/mace/pepper spray (the only legal self defence options are rape alarms and squirty dye packs) and one of those people is going to win a physical fight 95% of the time.